I believe I once had that same blue SMITH-CORONA typewriter! I loved and cherished it. I think it got left with my parents when I moved out…along with other things I loved but no longer used. So long ago. Your post got me thinking again about the heartbreaking dilemma my old hubby and I face now i.e. he’s 83 and has been a mad, keen, both professional and personal photographer since he was 13! The collection of albums in our home could fill a 10 X 12 room floor to ceiling, wall to wall…and he’s now fallen in love with digital printing and he’s still taking picture! When we go, I know our children will be able to rid our home of all the material things but what do they do with those thousands of photos! What a daunting task we will leave them. 🙄😔
I remember we had a Black Underwood typewriter. It was kind of big and clunky. I could never seeing it in a case. Through the years I’ve cleaned out stuff. One thing I will not get rid of is my large collection of flamingoes. They make me happy. The best thing my parents left was a huge box of love letters that they wrote to each other before they were married. Thanks for bringing back these memories.
Oh my, those love letters! But what really has me cooking are the flamingoes. LOL. Love it. I had an old Underwood from the 1920s. Got rid of it. Just too clunky and fewer and fewer typewriter repair folks could find parts or they were too expensive. I have the Smith-Corona and the Royal Quiet DeLuxe (1962-ish and 1941-ish) and and they are great. I'm getting the Royal serviced soon. Have a "skipping issue" --- and there is just ONE guy near me who will work on it. He cannot move. Ever.
I believe I once had that same blue SMITH-CORONA typewriter! I loved and cherished it. I think it got left with my parents when I moved out…along with other things I loved but no longer used. So long ago. Your post got me thinking again about the heartbreaking dilemma my old hubby and I face now i.e. he’s 83 and has been a mad, keen, both professional and personal photographer since he was 13! The collection of albums in our home could fill a 10 X 12 room floor to ceiling, wall to wall…and he’s now fallen in love with digital printing and he’s still taking picture! When we go, I know our children will be able to rid our home of all the material things but what do they do with those thousands of photos! What a daunting task we will leave them. 🙄😔
My parents left dozens of 8mm movies. I’m getting them digitized. Ah yes, it’s daunting. But somehow also beautiful.
I hope my daughters will feel that way. Discarding a parent’s love of a lifetime is very hard on children.
I remember we had a Black Underwood typewriter. It was kind of big and clunky. I could never seeing it in a case. Through the years I’ve cleaned out stuff. One thing I will not get rid of is my large collection of flamingoes. They make me happy. The best thing my parents left was a huge box of love letters that they wrote to each other before they were married. Thanks for bringing back these memories.
Oh my, those love letters! But what really has me cooking are the flamingoes. LOL. Love it. I had an old Underwood from the 1920s. Got rid of it. Just too clunky and fewer and fewer typewriter repair folks could find parts or they were too expensive. I have the Smith-Corona and the Royal Quiet DeLuxe (1962-ish and 1941-ish) and and they are great. I'm getting the Royal serviced soon. Have a "skipping issue" --- and there is just ONE guy near me who will work on it. He cannot move. Ever.